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Old 01-27-2011, 01:05 AM   #1
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Default Invoke skill order


My suggestion relates to the positions of invoker's skills when he uses 'invoke' to replace one skill with another.

Currently, the game alternate between replacing the left skill and replacing the right skill – so the player must remember the order that they invoked their skills if they want to know which one will be replaced next.

I suggest that the every time you invoke a new skill, the left skill gets removed, the right moves left, and the new skill appears on the right. This way it would be possible to see at a glance which skill will be removed next.

I've made a picture to illustrate what i mean. Imagine that you invoke 'skill 1', then 'skill 2', then 'skill 3' etc. In the current system, the position of the new skill is different each time. In my suggested system the new skill is always on the right hand side.

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Old 01-27-2011, 01:47 AM   #2
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T-up from me. Ought to help out people with Invoker
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Old 01-27-2011, 02:51 AM   #3
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T-Up as well. I always thought of this.
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Old 01-27-2011, 03:01 AM   #4
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I have been thought about it too. But after know all spell's hotkey, it isn't problem no more. Anyway T-Up.
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Old 01-27-2011, 04:38 AM   #5
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T-up, tho I do not play Invoker that much.
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Old 01-27-2011, 05:00 AM   #6
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Its helpful indeed
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Old 01-27-2011, 05:55 AM   #7
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Helpful, T-up
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Old 01-27-2011, 06:22 AM   #8
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Old 01-27-2011, 06:51 AM   #9
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how does it matter?
everyone use hotkeys
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Old 01-27-2011, 07:57 AM   #10
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how does it matter?
everyone use hotkeys
It does matter. Because when we Invoke a new skill, we don't know which one will be replaced.
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Old 01-27-2011, 08:13 AM   #11
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^ Actually yes. Let's say I have Deafeaning Blast and Chaos meteor. If I Invoke other spell which one will replace?! Sometimes it's annoying.
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Old 01-27-2011, 09:36 AM   #12
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Support!

I used him and I want to invoke Forge while I want to keep the meteor but I accidentally find that the ability was removed as I didn't know that it was the first ability to be replaced.
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Old 01-27-2011, 10:12 AM   #13
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Old 01-27-2011, 12:57 PM   #14
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T-up for sure.
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Old 01-27-2011, 03:48 PM   #15
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Old 01-27-2011, 07:54 PM   #16
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T-up, i always mess up
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Old 01-27-2011, 09:07 PM   #17
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I think everyone has tinked about this.. T-UP of course
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Old 01-27-2011, 11:13 PM   #18
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T-up.
Its kind of a new suggestion, but shouldnt it be somehow possible to decide which one of the both spells gets replaced? Perhaps by making the invoke spell autocastable. Ofc this wouldnt autocast, but when autocast is turned on, it would replace the left spell instead of he right one or vise versa.
Seems a bit strange at first perhaps, but I guess its the only fast way and it would be cool and much more flexible.
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:09 AM   #19
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very interested T-up
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Old 01-28-2011, 10:13 AM   #20
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